As dental practices strive to provide high-quality care, they face various challenges such as financial management, staffing issues, technology integration, and patient retention. Among these, verifying dental insurance eligibility, the primary step to determine...
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN), this is a familiar term for physicians and their beneficiaries. ABN is a notice that a doctor or supplier should give a Medicare beneficiary when furnishing an item...
Starting October 1, 2017, a new set of ICD-10 codes have come into effect for blindness and low vision. Coders in medical coding companies will have to fully understand how to use the new code set...
GI/Endoscopy coding and billing can be complex. Providers need to determine medical necessity and the proper site for delivery of services, and know the specific codes and modifiers to bill for...
Starting January 1, 2017, medical coding companies began using new codes to report administration and scoring of a patient-centered health risk assessment and a caregiver-focused health risk...
Ribs serve as protection for vital organs of the chest cavity such as the heart, lungs, liver, and spleen. There are 12 pairs of ribs attached to the vertebra (backbone) at the back and 10 of which...
In recent years, several new technologies have made difficult medical conditions easier to treat and manage. However, experts caution that physicians adopting/advocating advanced tools should be...
Ophthalmic injuries due to improper viewing are quite common after a solar eclipse. Things are the same in 2017 too. People across the United States had the opportunity to view a total solar eclipse...
This is an update on the July 3, 2017 blog "Ensuring Accurate Claim Submission for Transitional Care Management Services". Transitional care management (TCM) describes the oversight and coordination...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes that "Focusing on preventing disease and illness before they occur will create healthier homes, workplaces, schools and communities so...
This update replaces our March 6, 2017 blog "Medical Coding and Billing for Advance Care Planning". As a medical billing and coding company that keeps track of the evolving reimbursement scenario,...
